Lot Essay
The Fondazione de Chirico has confirmed the authenticity of this work. It is recorded in the archives under the number 0045/12/11 OT.
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Ganimede e il suo cavallo
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Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Ganimede e il suo cavallo
signed ‘g. de Chirico’ (at the left of the base ); numbered and inscribed ‘Ganimede con cavallo 3/9’ (at the right of the base) and with the foundry mark 'Fonderia Artistica Gi Bi Esse Verona' (on the back of the base)
bronze with golden patina
Height: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1970 and cast by GI-BI-ESSE in a numbered edition of nine plus three artist's proofs
Ganimede e il suo cavallo
signed ‘g. de Chirico’ (at the left of the base ); numbered and inscribed ‘Ganimede con cavallo 3/9’ (at the right of the base) and with the foundry mark 'Fonderia Artistica Gi Bi Esse Verona' (on the back of the base)
bronze with golden patina
Height: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1970 and cast by GI-BI-ESSE in a numbered edition of nine plus three artist's proofs
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
Literature
C. Bruni Sakraischik, Catalogo Generale Giorgio de Chirico, vol. II, opere dal 1951 al 1971, Milan, 1972, no. 306 (another cast illustrated).
M. Calvesi & M. Ursino, eds., De Chirico, The New Metaphysics, Rome, 1996, no. 12 (another cast illustrated p. 134).
J. de Sanna, ed., De Chirico, And the Mediterranean, New York, 1998, no. 84, p. 264 (another cast illustrated pp. 207 & 264).
M. Calvesi & M. Ursino, eds., De Chirico, The New Metaphysics, Rome, 1996, no. 12 (another cast illustrated p. 134).
J. de Sanna, ed., De Chirico, And the Mediterranean, New York, 1998, no. 84, p. 264 (another cast illustrated pp. 207 & 264).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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The Fondazione de Chirico has confirmed the authenticity of this work. It is recorded in the archives under the number 0045/12/11 OT.